The Management and Development of Social Services for Senior Citizens in the Philippines and Malaysia  

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Lerdkulladilok, Oranuch

Jenis: Article from Books
Dalam koleksi: Are We Up to the Challenge?: Current Crises and the Asian Intellectual COmmunity (The Work of the 2005/2006 API Fellows, page 054-066.
Topik: Young and Old in the Modern World; The Philippines; Senior Citizens; Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA); National Monitoring and Coordinating Board (NMCB); Welfare services; Center-based programs; Community-based programs; Older Persons; Employees Provident Fund (EPF); Social Security Organization (SOCSO); Majlis Pusat Kebajikan Semenanjung Malaysia (MPKSM); National Council of Senior Citizens Organizations Malaysia (NACSCOM)

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: 342.7 ARE Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 1) Tandon: tidak ada

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Globally, the population of older persons is growing by two percent each year, considerably faster than the population as a whole. It is estimated that the proportion of persons aged sixty years and older in the world will double between 2000 and 2050 from ten to twentyone percent (i.e. from 600 million to 2,000 million in absolute numbers). In 2025, it is projected that fifteen percent of the world population will be aged sixty and above. Fifty-two percent of the world’s elderly lived in Asia and the Pacific in 2002, and this is projected to increase to fifty-nine percent by 2025 (Shanghai Implementation Strategy 2002). The Philippines and Malaysia are facing a similar situation with Thailand in terms of the rapid growth of the elderly in the population. As of 2004, the Philippines and Malaysia had 5.7 and 1.7 million people over sixty years of age who accounted for 6.9% and 6.5% of the total population in their respective countries. The rapid growth of this segment of the population is expected to continue in high rate. In response to this situation, different sectors, such as government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and religious organizations, in the Philippines and Malaysia have developed programs and services with creative approaches to address the needs and concerns of older people under the support and supervision of the concerned ministries. One of these creative approaches is strengthening the existing support system in families and communities, which reflects traditional and cultural practices in providing care to older people.

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